Sunday 20 September 2015

Up, up & away


Collected bills, receipts and advertising materials – gathered post mortem – relating to and associated with the estate of one Jereboam the Galilean, Sycamore Avenue, Jericho (peasant farmer, recently deceased); presented in chronological order by Mssrs Rumpole, Mason, Jarndyce & Petrocelli Actuaries & Commissioners for Oaths, Judea.
     Acknowledgements also to TombsULike, Funeral Directors, Nazareth www.shuffleoffthismortal.co.il]

Roman Occupation Tax Bill
Payable immediately

Presented to:                                Jereboam of Galilee
          Sycamore Avenue, Jericho

FIRST & FINAL DEMAND
Period:  10th Sivan to 7th Ab

Occupation Tax                       D07
(includes Window Tax & Accent Tax)
One-off Commissioning Fee            D01
Extra-contractual advance            D02

                              Total: D11

Please make cheques payable to Little Zack’s Little Ta


Roman Occupation Tax Bill
Payable forthwith

Presented to:                                Jereboam of Galilee
          Sycamore Avenue, Jericho

FIRST & FINAL DEMAND
period:  7th Ab to 7th Tishrai

Occupation Tax                               D07
(includes Hair Tax & Children Tax)
Appraisal fee (non-refundable)       D02
Additional administration levy       D01
Collection Charge                           D02
Further non-defined extras              D03
                                       
                                             Total: D17


 Please make cheques payable to Little Zack’s Little Tax



Roman Occupation Tax Bill
Payable upon presentation

Presented to:                                Jereboam of Galilee
          Sycamore Avenue, Jericho

FIRST & FINAL DEMAND
Period:  4th Tishrai to 4th Kislev

Occupation Tax                              D07
  (incl Donkey Tax & Wealth Tax)
Managerial expenses                      D02
Add’l Miscellaneous Outgoings    D02
Sundries, overheads                       D01
Transparent considerations            D01

                                            Total: D21

Please make cheques payable to Little Zack’s Little Tax



Roman Occupation Tax Bill
Payable now

Presented to:                                Jereboam of Galilee
          Sycamore Avenue, Jericho

FIRST & FINAL DEMAND
Period:  24th Tishrai to 17th Kislev

Occupation Tax (inc Tree Tax,          
Knick-Knacks Tax & Clothing Tax)    D07
Non-refundable admin overheads        D02
Collection operating costs                    D02
Sundries, contribution, donation          D02
Post-calculation adjustment                 D04
Additional surcharge                            D05
                                                   Total: D27

Please make cheques payable to Little Zack’s Little Tax


FOR ONE DAY ONLY
–––– SPECIAL APPEARANCE ––––
in association with
Iscariotters Independent Traders
Trans-Judea Enterprises plc &  
Jericho Chamber of Commerce
Jesus of Nazareth
worker of wonders
•  preacher  •  teacher  •
healer & rabbi
now at Jericho’s Premier
Soap Box Venue
sycamore-fig avenue
jericho approx 3pm
FREE! OH YES, FREE!
Bring your friends & family
(dying relatives by appointment only)


Little Zack’s Little Tax

*** Delivery Note***

Consignment of 1 (one) package,
comprising cash in the sum of D 280, being
4 x times the cream I have skimmed (stolen)
when collecting the Occupation Tax
over the past year, including made-up taxes
and iniquitous deliberate errors of addition.

I freely give this to you, as a witness to how 
I have changed since encountering the preacher/teacher.

In addition, I also enclose a voucher
to be exchanged for the goods of your choice at
Honest Zach’s Wagon Back-Flap Give Away


JCISBMULESRASS
purveyors of fine equine beasts of all types
to the gentlefolk of Judea since the days of Samson
Receipt
Received this 14th day of Nissan
from Jereboam of Galilee
                                                                Downpayment of            D4
                                                       and First Instalment of         D3
                                                                  making a total              D7
as part of a Hire Purchase agreement to buy a donkey
(name of Stubnazzar) certified to be in good health,
sound in wind and limb, in its right mind and
approved by the Jockey Club of Israel, Samaria & Babylon 



-------       Temple, Jerusalem       -------

----   Temple Tax Receipt   ----

Received with Thanks from
Jereboam of Galilee
The sum of D 1113  (30 Pieces of Silver)
in payment of Temple Tax
clearing the account, which was in serious arrears.
We thank you for your custom and invite you
to sacrifice again when you are financially ready
or have further sins to confess
Chlöe Coincounter
pp Caiaphas, Chief Priest        pp Lydia, his accountant


ISCARIOTTERS INDEPENDENT TRADERS, plc
Receipt: 30 pieces of silver
from Chief Priests’ Malfeasance, Indiscretions,
Bribes, Backhanders & Bungs (Emoluments) Fund
for services rendered, enough said, cough cough, know what I mean?



Manassah & Sons
ESTATE AGENTS
Sales, rental or management of fine homes, custom-built dwellings, 
budget housing, undeveloped plots, fields and other properties
To: official conveyance of Title Deeds
of the plot of land known as Potters’ Field
Purchase of Property: 28 pieces of Silver
Conveyancing Fees: 2 pieces of Silver
Total: 30 Pieces of Silver
Paid in full by Mr J Iscariot
We will deny any and all contractual obligations or managerial responsibility.
No part of this receipt should be construed to infer any legal rights or valuation of the said property; neither shall any party named herein be held responsible for any action arising in future dispute thereunto; and yea, let this be henceforth declared for all time unto the fourth generation, on pain of death or thy tongue cleaving to the roof of thy mouth. Investments can go down as well as up


DIY @ H Andy Manns
Supplers of Building Material’s
two the Trade + the Public

27th Nissan

5 cubits best hemp
@ D1 per cubit      subtotal:   D5
small wooden crate                D1
Moredecai’s Scroll of Knots
      Vol 1                                D3

                            Total:         D9

Cash tendered                      D10
       Change                           D1

You’re sales asistant today was Julie

Thankyou for you custom



… hear ye PUBLIC DECLARATION hear ye …

We give notice that on 15th of this month at 6pm approx. 
Public Announcement shall be decreed thus by Town Crier:
the plot of land previously known as
POTTER’S FIELD
shall henceforth until further notice be known as
AKELDAMA or FIELD OF BLOOD

                      


Documentary evidence: Zacchaeus and the death of Judas

What information can we glean from these scraps of paper?

Why, do you suppose, did the tax collector return all he had stolen 
four times over, and give away some of his property? Compare Numbers 5:5-7

Where did the money end up? Why was the field’s name altered?

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